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[[File:andadietcoke.jpg|frame|"[[Comically Missing the Point|I'm sure to lose weight now!]]"]]
{{quote|''I'd like 20 tacos of grilled meat, some pozole with pork legs... oh, and a large diet soda, 'cause I want to lose weight!''
A standard comedic effect used in various media to emphasize the overindulgence that came before. In various talk shows that featured exceptionally obese people, they would often show a fast food customer ordering an exceptionally large meal including multiple sandwiches, fries and desserts, and concluding with, "and a Diet Coke."
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Despite being a staple joke on obesity and hypocrisy (especially the tired [[Eagle Land|"Americans are fatasses"]] routine), it happens in [[Real Life]] for various legit reasons such as diabetes, calorie intake (soda averages 150 to 200 calories a can; a heavy soda drinker can see a tremendous benefit from cutting those calories), or simple taste preference.
Related to [[Hypocritical Humor]], and also overlaps with [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]. A specific example of the [[Perfect Solution Fallacy]].
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== Advertising ==
* A [[Channel
* There was a Diet Coke commercial from the '80s featuring a Sumo wrestler being told by his master that he needs to greatly increase his calorie intake, then after Sensei exits, the wrestler looks around, and pulls out and taps a can of Diet Coke while the theme "Just for the taste of it" starts playing.
* Back when William "The Refrigerator" Perry was a big name in American football, McDonalds did a commercial starring him. The young woman taking his order (whose height, by the way, only went up to about the middle of his chest; The Fridge was a ''big'' guy) read it back to him: "That's four McDLTs, two large fries...and a ''diet'' Coke?"
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[
== Comic Books ==
* [[Marvel Comics]] once did a gag issue of its ''What If?'' title, featuring short gags of a single page or less. One gag was "What If [[Iron Man|Tony Stark]] had an eating problem instead of a drinking problem?" The first panel shows an overweight Stark telling his date he can stop eating anytime he wants to, then he gives the waiter his order: "I'll have a ''cow'', medium rare. And a Tab."
== Fan Works ==
* Subverted in ''[[The Secret Return of Alex Mack]]'': Alex ''needs'' all the calories she can consume to fuel her superpowers, but despite this she drinks Diet Coke because she ''likes the taste''.
== Film ==
* In ''[[Superman (
** Not to mention the "You shouldn't smoke" "Cancer, right?" "Not yet, thank goodness." scene in the ''first'' film.
* When ''[[Harold
* ''[[The Santa Clause (film series)|The Santa Clause]]'' gives us this little tidbit: "And I'll have a Caesar. No dressing. And one of those homemade cookies, the warm chocolate chip. No nuts. And a little slice of cheesecake. Uh, creme brulée, and, um, hot fudge sundae, extra hot fudge... On the side."
* Done in ''[[A Cinderella Story]]''.
* Also done in ''[[True Romance]]'' when Christian Slater's character goes to buy "the two biggest, fattest burgers" a burger stand has, two chili fries... and a Diet Coke. This is done in contrast to his wife getting beaten
* In ''[[The Nutty Professor]] 2'', Sherman's mother mentions her latest diet: You can eat as much as you want, as long as you also drink lots of grapefruit juice to help digest it. Presumably she thought the citric acid would destroy the food completely.
** This diet exists outside the movie. [
* ''[[Precious]]'' played this while asking a bucket of fried chicken. She said she would choose the side later because she was trying to watch her figure, but when the lady was looking for said side she runs away with the chicken without paying.
* Brazilian movie ''A Partilha'' (based on a play) has a woman writing a "diet control" list. One of her three sisters gets it, and the four read and laugh seeing all entries have Diet Coke. One even mocks it:
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* ''Making Mr. Right'' contains a running joke in which Ann Magnuson’s character always drowns her sorrows in Diet Coke and a pint of Fruzen Gladje ice cream.
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* In ''[[Dave Barry]] Does Japan'', Barry reports seeing a sumo wrestler leaving a match purchase a Diet Coke.
* In ''[[Bridge of Birds]],'' there's a morbidly obese merchant who orders an obscene meal, but then passes on dessert because he says he needs to watch his diet.
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* In Chapter 3 of the [[Dean Koontz]] novel ''Cold Fire,'' reporter Holly Thorne goes to a bakery for lunch, orders five different pastries, then asks for a Diet Coke.
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* On an episode of ''[[The Odd Couple]]'', Oscar asks a visiting monk to make him a hamburger. On the burger, he asks for mustard, relish, pickles, hot sauce, peppers and chili. The monk says, "No onions?" Oscar replies, "No, I've got an ulcer."
* One episode of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' has the team's metabolism massively accelerated dues to the week's phlebotninum. [[
* In an episode of ''[[
* In the ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'' episode "Wingless, Part 2", the Hacketts are flying a country music duo on a concert tour. When the overweight member of the pair asks for a Diet Coke, her oversexed partner sarcastically compares it to rearranging deck chairs on the ''Titanic''.
* Also occurs in the British TV series ''[[Porridge]]'', where Fletcher is offered cocoa, which he accepts, and then sugar. He refuses the biscuits, citing watching his weight, as he dumps at least four heaping spoonfuls of sugar in his already-sweet cocoa.
* In an episode of ''[[
* A sketch on ''[[The Ossie Ostrich Video Show]]'' had Ossie asking for 25 sugars in his cup of tea before adding "...but don't stir it. I hate anything sweet."
* ''[[Frasier]]''. When taking part in a weight-loss challenge yet finding that he's still gaining weight, the titular doctor exclaims, "But I added a salad to every meal!"
* Nickelodeon's ''[[My Brother and Me]]'' had a variant. Roger once made a comically large submarine sandwich for lunch that he prepared to eat all by himself and wash down with root beer. Then, after judging the sandwich's weight, Roger decides to settle on ''diet'' root beer, instead.
*
* Defended by Donna on ''[[Suits]]''
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'''Donna:''' ''Because'' I get skimmed milk, I ''can'' put milk and sugar in it. }}
* Happens in [[Dukes of Hazzard]], in the episode "Ghost of General Lee"
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'''Roscoe''': Yeah, and get something for yourself Enos.
'''Enos''': You want that pie a la mode?
'''Roscoe''' No Enos, I don't want it a la mode. I gotta watch my calories!
== Music ==
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* Mika's "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" has a refrain of "Diet Coke and a pizza, please!"
* Psychostick's Do You Want A Taco
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* In Matthew Good's song "21st Century Living," which comments on how our society wants to make everything bigger and better (i.e. supersizing it all), Matt wryly notes that we should just supersize everything. Voiceover says: "I'd like to supersize death. Can I have a supersize of death? I'd like to supersize a death with a Coke."
== Newspaper Comics ==
* Occurs in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120109012327/http://garfield.nfshost.com/2007/11/04/ this] ''[[Garfield]]'' strip.
** Inverted in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120109012322/http://garfield.nfshost.com/1995/07/06/ this] one, in which Garfield is given a lasagna that's low calorie and one-third fat. He requests two more.
* A similar situaton was depicted in a ''[[Beetle Bailey]]'' strip in which the already-corpulent Sergeant Snorkel piled one sinfully indulgent treat after another from the Camp Swampy cafeteria onto his tray, and when called out for it defended himself by saying that everything in the cafeteria was low-fat. This prompted Beetle to point out that the only ''high''-fat thing in the cafeteria was Sarge himself!
== Professional Wrestling ==
* Rodney Anoa'i, better known as the mock-Sumo wrestler Yokozuna, took this trope literally in [[Real Life]]; a serious [[Big Eater]] who insisted on drinking Diet Coke. When he entered wrestling he already weighed
== Stand-Up Comedy ==
* "Fluffy" comedian [[Gabriel Iglesias]] mentions that he drinks diet soda, "so [he] can eat regular cake".
== Tabletop Games ==
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== Video Games ==
* In ''[[The Adventures of Sam
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* In ''[[The Salvation War]]'', [[Bill Clinton]] orders in a Macdonald’s "a double quarter-pounder with extra cheese, two super-size portions of fries, oh and a small diet soda please."
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== Western Animation ==
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* In an episode of ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'' a rather large woman comes into Burger World orders "a large chocolate shake, 3 orders of onion rings, an apple pie, and a diet cola".
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'' takes the joke a step further when, after Homer orders an assortment of fried foods from Krusty Burger, the clerk offers to deep-fry the bag. He accepts the offer, and then asks for "a Diet Coke. Deep-fried."
** Another time, Homer, at an ice cream parlor, is on his health-kick, so he orders a low-fat vanilla with a bunch of [[Bland
* In ''[[Teen Titans (
* On ''[[
* ''[[Family Guy]]'': While driving Lois' pregnant sister to the hospital, Peter stops off at a drive-thru to order several cheeseburgers, but vacillates on the fries: "If I have fries, is anyone else gonna have any? I don't wanna be the only one eating 'em. I'll feel like a fatty."
** They later did a straight depiction of the "heavy woman drinking diet soda" gag, and they were even nice enough to [[Don't Explain the Joke|explain the joke]].
* ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'': When Harold gets teased for being overweight, he decides to get something else from the Jolly Olly Man instead of his regular 6 Mister Fudgies. The Jolly Olly Man says that diet Mister Fudgies have half the fat of regular ones. Harold orders 12 of them. Nothing about this scene (or the episode) is played for laughs.
* ''[[
* In ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' 1987 series, Rocksteady asks the secretary, "Bring me five hundred jelly donuts and a diet soda. I'm trying to watch my weight."
* Occurs in not one but two episodes of ''[[Sons of Butcher]]''. In the first one, Ricky orders most of the greasy spoon diner's menu, deep fried (even the friend chicken!), but adds a diet coke to watch his weight. The other time, he orders a very processed cheese-heavy meal from a fast food restaurant with regular cokes. But when Doug points out the fat contents, Ricky agrees... and switches his cokes to diet.
* An episode of ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' has one when Plucky finds a bottle from a wave:
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(Buster and Babs give mean looks at Hamton)
'''Hamton:''' ...and a diet cola. }}
* A rather [[Black Comedy]] version of this occurs in ''[[Futurama]]'' when the Omnicronians demand restitution for the humans eating their young.
{{quote|'''Lrrr:''' Very well, you provide us with 198 billion humans. And an order of fries.
'''Ndnd''' ''[nagging tone]'' Lrrr…
'''Lrrr:''' All right! Cottage cheese!}}
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